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Classifying Organisms (Why Do Scientists Classify? (Scientists have…
Classifying Organisms
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Levels of Classification
The classification that scientists use today is based on contributions of Linnaeus, but today we use many levels of classification to classify.
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Classifying an Owl
Going from the Domain, to Kingdom, to Phylum, to Class, to Order, to Family, to the Genus and lastly the Species.
As you move down the levels of classification, the number of organisms will decrease.
Taxonomic Keys
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Taxonomic keys consists of a series of paired statement to describe the physical characteristics of different organisms.
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